SP chief Akhilesh Yadav criticised BJP government for allegedly failing to curb inflation in Uttar Pradesh. Highlighting the poor's plight during festivities, he said, "How will daily wage labourers celebrate Holi when they haven't got work for months?" He alleged that prices of essential commodities like flour, rice, oil, khoya have surged, making Holi delicacies "unaffordable" for poor.